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Thursday, May 10, 2012

News: Ririe-Woodbury Receives NEA Art Works Grant to Support Residency Work Across U.S.

Ririe-Woodbury Receives NEA Art Works Grant to Support

Residency Work Across U.S.

Grant part of NEA announcement of 788 Art Works grants
and
$24.81 million in funding nationwide

Salt Lake City— National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco
Landesman has announced that Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company is one of 788 not-for-profit
national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA
Art Works grant. Ririe-Woodbury is recommended for a $45,000 grant to support
dance residency activities and performances in Colorado, Georgia and Idaho. The
788 Art Works grants total $24.81 million and support the creation of art that
meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and
excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of
communities through the arts.

Chairman Landesman said,
“The arts should be a part of everyday life. Whether it’s seeing a performance,
visiting a gallery, participating in an art class, or simply taking a walk
around a neighborhood enhanced by public art, these
grants are ensuring that across the nation, the public is able to experience
how art works.”

Ririe-Woodbury Managing Director Jena
Woodbury said, “We are thrilled that the NEA continues to view Ririe-Woodbury
as playing a critical role in the creation of
new works, community outreach and dance education on a local, national
and international level.”

The NEA received 1,624 eligible applications under
the Art Workscategory for this round of funding, requesting more than
$78 million in funding. For a complete listing of projects
recommended for Art Works grant support, please visit the NEA website at arts.gov.

Founded in 1964, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company is committed to
furthering contemporary dance as an accessible and valued art form through
performance and dance education that raise the standards, deepen the
understanding and promote personal connections with dance.